Chad vs Congo: Time required to start a business

Chad

58 days

in 2019

Congo

49.5 days

in 2019

Chad rank

10th

Congo rank

12th

Time required to start a business over time

Chad currently reports 58 days against 49.5 days in Congo, a difference of 8.5 days.

That makes Chad's figure about 1.2 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 10th and Congo ranks 12th of 188 countries.

Indicator: Time required to start a business
Unit: days
Source: Doing Business project, World Bank (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 188 places, 2,945 data points, 2003–2019
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of calendar days needed to complete the procedures to legally operate a business.